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New York startup Verst has been acquired by Dropbox. The service will be shutting down December 21, and the team will join Dropbox. The startup had previously raised $12 million. Dropbox has acquired Verst, a New York startup that aimed to help web publishers and creators make money through features like paywalls, the companies announced Thursday.

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The team behind Verst is joining Dropbox, in an acquisition that marks the end of the Verst publishing platform. The startup actually started life as DWNLD, a platform that transformed websites into mobile apps.

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